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Rs.2 lakh relief to kin of man who died of AIDS

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The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has directed a life insurance company to pay Rs.2 lakh to the kin of an army man who died of AIDS (Acquired Immunity Deficiency Syndrome). The commission was hearing a revision petition filed by Postal Life Insurance (PLI) challenging the order of the state commission of Haryana, which […]

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Odisha carpenter’s kin win battle for benefits

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The family of a dead carpenter in Odisha will soon get his provident fund dues with the top consumer court ruling that such a benefit would not cease if the individual concerned was shifted from one department to another in the same organization. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission came to the help of the […]

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Faridabad hospital told to pay Rs.2 lakh for boy’s death

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A private hospital in Haryana has been asked to pay Rs.2 lakh for negligence leading to the death of a 10-year-old boy, with the top consumer commission slamming its doctors for attempting to suppress facts about the treatment given to the fever-afflicted patient. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission held Sun Flag Hospital Research Centre in […]

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onsumer court slams HUDA attempt to penalise allottee

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The apex consumer court has said that it is unfair on the part of a land owning agency to keep an open-ended clause in its allotment letter that does not lay down a time limit for handing over a plot. The decision came in the case of a Gurgaon plot allottee who was given possession […]

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Jet asked to compensate passengers who missed flight

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Jet Airways has been penalised for a Jaipur-Mumbai flight delay which resulted in two passengers missing its international flight to Hong Kong. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has hauled up the airline for deficiency in service. The national commission, in a recent order, said: “Staff of Jet Airline knew that passengers Vandana Jain and […]

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Builder liable to rectify faults in apartment: Consumer court

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In a significant judgement that should help apartment owners, the top consumer court has directed a Ghaziabad-based builder and an official of an apartment block in Uttarakhand to “atone for their deficiencies” by rectifying defects in an apartment bought by two consumers or pay them over Rs.16 lakh in compensation cost for repairs and promised discount. National Consumer Disputes […]

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Woman’s complaint against hospital dismissed

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A woman who filed a negligence complaint against St. Stephen’s Hospital here for a botched up sterilisation has been shown the door by the top consumer court, saying that she deliberately did not abort the unwanted pregnancy and moved a consumer forum for compensation as a girl was born to her. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal […]

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TELCO to pay Rs 2.5 lakh for selling defective car

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The  apex consumer commission directed the Tata Engineering and Locomotive Co Ltd (TELCO) to pay Rs 2.5 lakh to a customer as compensation for selling him a defective car. The order has been passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) while upholding the decision of the Delhi State Consumer Commission which had directed TELCO to pay the […]

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After 18 years, six get compensated for hotel negligence

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Eighteen years after a Mumbai hotel’s faulty lift trapped a group of guests, including three foreigners, for over two hours, virtually suffocating them to death, the apex consumer court has directed the hotel to pay the six victims Rs.2 lakh each for mental agony and trauma. The Ambassador Hotel, Churchgate, has been held guilty of […]

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Ambassador Hotel to pay Rs12 L to guests trap in lift

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The apex consumer commission ordered to the Mumbai’s prestigious Ambassador Hotel to pay Rs two lakh each to six of its guests who had been trapped in its lift for over two hours eighteen years ago. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) held Narangs International Hotel Pvt Ltd, which manages Ambassador Hotel, “squarely negligent” for […]

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SBI to pay for breaking open customer’s locker

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The apex consumer forum has asked a Kolkata branch of the State Bank of India(SBI) by to pay Rs 1.85 lakh to one of its customers for breaking open his and his sister’s lockers despite payment of the locker rent.  The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) order came on the plea of SBI against […]

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Govt to pay employee for wife’s death in CGHS hospital

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The Union government has been ordered by the country’s apex consumer panel to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to one of his employees, whose wife had died of excess bleeding in a CGHS hospital soon after giving birth to a child through cesarean section over 13 years ago.  The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission […]

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